15-letter words containing e, p, a, n, d
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- pound one's ear — to sleep
- powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
- prairie-dogging — (in an open-plan office) the practice of looking over the top of one's partition in order to discover the source of or reason for a commotion
- pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- pre-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
- prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
- prekindergarten — a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.
- premanufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- premier danseur — the leading male dancer in a ballet company.
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- prepaid expense — A prepaid expense is an expense that has been paid for before it is incurred, and that is treated as an asset.
- prepresidential — describing the period before a person's rise to presidency
- presidents' day — the third Monday in February, a legal holiday in the U.S., commemorating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
- prince's island — former name of Príncipe.
- principal ideal — the smallest ideal containing a given element in a ring; an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, obtained by multiplying each element of the ring by one specified element.
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- pro-confederate — united in a league, alliance, or conspiracy.
- probation order — an order imposed by a magistrate or judge under which an offender is sentenced to probation rather than imprisonment
- procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
- product manager — sb who oversees product development
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- propionaldehyde — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 6 O, having a pungent odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics.
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- pseudo-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- pure and simple — sheer, utter
- pure land sects — Mahayana Buddhist sects venerating the Buddha as the compassionate saviour
- put a damper on — To put a damper on something means to have an effect on it which stops it being as enjoyable or as successful as it should be.
- pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
- pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
- quarter pounder — A quarter pounder is a hamburger that weighs four ounces before it is cooked. Four ounces is a quarter of a pound.
- quasi-dependent — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
- radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radioprotection — protection against radiation
- remand prisoner — a prisoner who is sent back into custody (or sometimes admitted to bail) to await trial or continuation of their trial
- rendering plant — a factory where waste products and livestock carcasses are converted into industrial fats and oils (such as tallow, used to make soap) and other products (such as fertilizer)
- repeat offender — A repeat offender is someone who commits the same sort of crime more than once.
- rheinland-pfalz — German name of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- salt and pepper — pepper-and-salt.
- salt-and-pepper — pepper-and-salt.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- serpentine jade — a green variety of serpentine used as a gem: not a true jade.
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof